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'''Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty''' was an Indian social worker and a former chairman of Meghalaya State Welfare Advisory Board.<ref name="Deccan Herald">{{cite web | url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan152004/update2.asp | title=Deccan Herald | newspaper=Deccan Herald | date=15 January 2004 | access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> She was the president of Mothers' Union of Tura. She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2003 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award,<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=6 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> making her the first person from [[Garo people|Garo]] tribe to receive the award.<ref name="Telegraph India">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030128/asp/northeast/story_1613713.asp | title=Telegraph India | publisher=Telegraph India | date=28 January 2003 | access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> Ingty died, aged 72, at Shillong, Meghalaya on 14 January 2004.<ref name="Deccan Herald" /> She is survived by her husband, Pratap,<ref name="Amazon">{{cite book | title=Amazon | date=2015 | id={{ASIN|1622123050|country=in}} }}</ref> and her son, P. W. Ingty, who is a known author and an IAS officer.<ref name="Bhaskara: The Last of the Varmans: Kamarupa Series">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.in/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=P.+W.+Ingty&search-alias=stripbooks | title=Bhaskara: The Last of the Varmans: Kamarupa Series | publisher=Strategic Book Publishing | author=P. W. Ingty | year=2013 | pages=120 | isbn=978-1622123056}}</ref>
'''Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty''' was an Indian social worker and a former chairman of Meghalaya State Welfare Advisory Board.<ref name="Deccan Herald">{{cite web | url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan152004/update2.asp | title=Deccan Herald | newspaper=Deccan Herald | date=15 January 2004 | access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> She was the president of Mothers' Union of Tura. She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2003 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award,<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=6 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> making her the first person from [[Garo people|Garo]] tribe to receive the award.<ref name="Telegraph India">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030128/asp/northeast/story_1613713.asp | title=Telegraph India | publisher=Telegraph India | date=28 January 2003 | access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> Ingty died, aged 72, at Shillong, Meghalaya on 14 January 2004.<ref name="Deccan Herald" /> Her son, P. W. Ingty is an author and an IAS officer.<ref name="Bhaskara: The Last of the Varmans: Kamarupa Series">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.in/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=P.+W.+Ingty&search-alias=stripbooks | title=Bhaskara: The Last of the Varmans: Kamarupa Series | publisher=Strategic Book Publishing | author=P. W. Ingty | year=2013 | pages=120 | isbn=978-1622123056}}</ref>


==See also==
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[[Category:Bodo-Kachari]]
[[Category:Bodo-Kachari]]
[[Category:Educators from Meghalaya]]
[[Category:Educators from Meghalaya]]
[[Category:Indian women social workers]]
[[Category:Social workers]]
[[Category:People from Shillong]]
[[Category:People from Shillong]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]]

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Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty
Born1931-1932
Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Died14 January 2004 (aged 72)
Shillong
OccupationSocial worker
Spouse(s)Pratap Ingty
ChildrenP. W. Ingty
AwardsPadma Shri

Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty was an Indian social worker and a former chairman of Meghalaya State Welfare Advisory Board.[1] She was the president of Mothers' Union of Tura. She was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award,[2] making her the first person from Garo tribe to receive the award.[3] Ingty died, aged 72, at Shillong, Meghalaya on 14 January 2004.[1] Her son, P. W. Ingty is an author and an IAS officer.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Deccan Herald". Deccan Herald. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Telegraph India". Telegraph India. 28 January 2003. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ↑ P. W. Ingty (2013). Bhaskara: The Last of the Varmans: Kamarupa Series. Strategic Book Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-1622123056.


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